THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we consider whether, in the absence of a request from an unrepresented petitioner, a district court is required to consider, sua sponte, the option of staying and abeying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus when the petitioner has filed a "mixed" petition consisting of both exhausted and unexhausted claims. We hold that such a requirement would conflict with Pliler v. Ford,
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